NMM: Ansølo

NMM: Ansølo

Did you know one of the stars of The Fault In Our Stars is also a talented musical artist? Ansel Elgort, who plays Augustus Waters in the film, has also made a name for himself through producing in the EDM – electronic dance music – genre.

Elgort, a New York City native, was born into a multi-cultural family of English, German, Russian, Norwegian and Jewish decent. His grandmother was a part of the Norwegian resistance movement during World War II which saved Jewish Norwegian children by moving them into Sweden, which was a neutral state during the course of the war. Elgort created a SoundCloud under the name Ansølo to produce his music, remixing some songs – such as Lana Del Ray’s “Born To Die” – as well as producing some of his own material. One of which – called “Unite” – was released to iTunes in May under acclaimed artist, Tom Staar’s, new label Staar Traxx. That particular song charted to No. 5 on the Beatport Progressive charts in just two short months. He’s also not too shabby singing and playing the piano either. One of Ansølo’s projects – a remix of Pierce Fulton’s song “Runaway” – has garnered about 100,000 plays within five days of being released to SoundCloud. In celebration of the song’s release, Elgort and Fulton held a special Ustream event where fans could ask questions.

I don’t know how I managed to do it, but my question was one of the lucky ones answered by Elgort during his Ustream event. Here’s what I asked…